Recruitment 2.0

Few recruiters sail through their career with a 100% success rate on placements. There’s always the one that got away, or in this case, walked out within the rebate period.

Perfecting your talent acquisition strategy isn’t a one-off task, it’s a work-in-progress. HR can be its own worst enemy in achieving that progress. A pile of unsuitable CVs and a growing list of rejected job offers suggests that your failure to attract talent might be a case of in-house sabotage. Here’s what we mean:-

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Blue Monday, officially ‘the most depressing day of the year’, takes place on 18th January. With its own Twitter hashtag #Blue Monday carries with it an estimated cost to the UK economy of £93 billion.

One of the biggest obstacles recruiters face in their daily lives is managing clients. In the unpredictable and sometimes frustrating world of recruitment, it’s inevitable that you will encounter the (hopefully occasional) problem employer. Here’s what we mean:-

HR is inching towards embracing technology in talent acquisition as it becomes more difficult for UK businesses to attract qualified candidates. Progress remains slow, however, with 54% of HR functions still relying on manual recruitment processes. That’s a scary thought, but the effect of HR software on your hiring process is scarier.

Your weekly dose of news and blog highlights, condensed to a few links. Read on for interesting stories regarding recruiting, technology and other random topics.

Half of the UK workforce want to change their jobs this year according to a new report from Investors In People. That’s nothing new for January but it is symptomatic of an underlying problem. The primary cause of this predicted  exodus is bad management .

The applicant to vacancy ratio is at its lowest in over a year, making it tougher than ever to source talent. Your ability to connect with passive candidates is the key to recruiting success but if your best efforts are failing, here’s our advice to get the response you need:-

It’s the beginning of a new year but the problems facing UK employers are familiar ones, such as, how to attract top performers to your brand. As HR reviews its priorities for 2016, we have one question. Should your business prioritise talent acquisition this year or is it a waste of time? Here are five reasons it might be:-